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Old 03-05-2007, 09:07 PM   #1
briansteffens
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X11 + Xinerama - cursor problem


Hello-

I just set up dual monitors with X11 and Xinerama. It's essentially working as expected, however my cursors are now messed up. Ksnapshot doesn't include the cursor unfortunately.. but the best description is that it looks like a small (3-4 pixel) square of the cursor is repeated from the cursor origin to the vertical icon maximum (of 50 or so pixels) and mirrored horizontally. That's how it looks on the main screen, but on the secondary screen it's just a big black box with some interference-looking stuff. There's also some small and intermittent rendering problems (like sometimes going through menus, the window isn't redrawn for a matter of a couple of seconds).

My xorg.conf file:
Code:
Section "Files"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # path to defoma fonts
        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "dbe"
        Load    "v4l"
        Load    "i2c"
        Load    "bitmap"
        Load    "ddc"
        Load    "dri"
        Load    "extmod"
        Load    "freetype"
        Load    "glx"
        Load    "int10"
        Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option  "Xinerama"      "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "kbd"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI"
        Driver          "fglrx"
        Option          "RenderAccel"   "true"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Acer AL2017"
        Option          "DPMS"
        HorizSync       30-82
        VertRefresh     56-76
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "ATI"
        Monitor         "Acer AL2017"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1400x1050"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI2"
        Driver          "fglrx"
        Option          "RenderAccel"   "true"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Tyris"
        Option          "DPMS"
        HorizSync       30-80
        VertRefresh     55-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Secondary Screen"
        Device          "ATI2"
        Monitor         "Tyris"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Dual-Monitor"
        Screen  0       "Default Screen"        Leftof  "Secondary Screen"
        Screen  1       "Secondary Screen"
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode    0666
EndSection
Some help would be awesome. Thanks.
 
Old 03-14-2007, 02:26 AM   #2
GrapefruiTgirl
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Not sure, but does your card support a hardware cursor? It *may* help you, but no promises

Option "HWCursor" "true"

In your ummm, device section I believe is where it goes.
 
  


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